Improvement in fire-wood drag-saws



T. FAGAN & M. w. HENRY;

- Fire-Wood Drag-Saw.

No. 215,109. Patented May 6, I879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS B. FAGAN AND MANUEL W. HENRY, OF VAN WERT, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE- WOOD DRAG-SAWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216.l09, dated May 6,1879; application filed March 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS B. FAGAN and MANUEL W. HENRY, of Van Wert,in the county of Van Wert and State of Ohio, have invented a new andImproved Orosscut-Saw, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to the construction of a frame and the manner ofhanging and operating the saw within the same; and the object thereof isto obtain more power and control over the saw and to facilitate theworking thereof. 7

It consists of a triangular frame, in the end whereof is a guide for thesaw, and a standard for the fulcrum of the handle or lever, and in theopposite end is a shaft, from which a hanger depends, with one armcarried up and pivoted to the handle, while another is pivoted to thestrap projecting from the saw. By moving the handle up and down aswinging reciprocating motion is communicated to the saw.

The invention also consists of details of construction, that will befully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top view of the improvement,and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

' Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a triangular frame, the divergent ends whereof are connectedtogether by a horizontal shaft, B, andsupported on legs 0 C, while theconvergent ends are iuclosed in a strap, a, carried up between the twoends into a loop, I), in which the saw-blade D is held and guided.

To the inner end of the saw-blade is attached a strap, 0, which iscarried back and pivoted to the hanger cl, pivoted to and dependent fromthe shaft B.

In the hangerd is pivoted one end of a conmeeting-rod, e, the oppositeend being pivoted in the strap f on lever E, the end whereof opposite isfulcrumed in the loop I).

On each of the convergent ends, on the under side, is a spike, g, toconnect the frame with the log to be sawed.

On the under side of the lever, near the power end, is attached one endof a spring, h. When the lever is moved up and down, the free end ofthis spring, on the downward movement, strikes in the notch t'in shaftB, and thusrelieves the lever of the jar caused by the direct contactwith the shaft.

The machine is operated as follows: The convergent end of the frame isplaced on the log G, and fastened by driving the spikes in the log, asshown. The saw is, of course, held or guided in the loop b when itstarts in the log.

Now, by working the lever E up and down, the connecting-rod ecommunicates a swinging or reciprocating motion to the saw-blade, whichcauses it to cut into the log.

This mode of operating the saw is much easier than the ordinary way, agreater power can be obtained, and the work of sawing is much moreeasily performed.

Having thus described our invention, We claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- A crosscut hand-sawing apparatus, consistingof the frame having shaft B, the lever E, strap f, rod e, hanger d, andstrap 0, carrying the saw, all arranged as shown and described.

THOMAS BRODRIOK FAGAN. MANUEL W. HENRY.

Witnesses:

LEWIS HAMILTON, A. W. FRITZ.

